The Virgin, weighed
With the Word of God,
Comes down the road:
If only you'll shelter her.
- St John of the Cross
For the benefit of a reader who's not originally from the UK:
Del verbo divino
La Virgen preñada
Viene de camino
Si le dais posada.
- San Juan de la Cruz
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2 comments:
what a strange translation, pre-Vox Clara, I presume.
It's the Kavanaugh/Rodriguez translation. I must look at the E. Allison Peers version. I've been thinking about how translation of poetry works recently. I might do a post on that...
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